Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-01-06

ALEXANDER, BENJAMIN, Linneus. H..
Free Will Baptist, merchant and farmer rnocx
age b2. Born in Linneus, the only eanaIns
advantage he had was at the town ch.aaort
one term at Houlton Academy. to,aI "
nence man, using neither rum nor tobacoa ,aos
form. Belongs to Rockabema Lodge or nv
F., No. IS, Houlton, and Linneus Cn1.Iu
United Fellowship, No 81. Deacon of N.
Will Bspti.t church of Linneus since ism ~
held the Office Of selectman several wear, y
at the present time postmaster. Member sns
House in 1876 and 1877. o'
ADAMS, ENocH, Litchfeld. Renubr..
religious preferences repo ted physical -
geou, married; age 81. Born in Andovsaaa %
Gated at Kent's Hill, and at Bowdon and n, co.
Colleges, graduating as IN. D." from U.-ns
1851. Entered the army as q volunteer i ~
1861, and served TILL May, 1864, as surgeon -, Ss
18th Regiment. Formerly a whg =" u
h
BILLINGS, DANIEL CURTIS, Browpv;n.
publican, Methodist, farmer married gcs,
in Albion, and attended the common scbo.i'
Brownville and Williamsburg. Was snD.a
of the schools of Brownville, three con,.rrs0
years, lS73-74-75; was selecma and ,,s..s
lS75-lSSl. Was = member ofth S. S comw;s
of Brownville, 1883 During the rsbellion lug
ed in Co. II, 18th Maine Vols. Oct. 4, 1851 "
served with the reg't until wounded at tbs ~,
of Winchester, Va, Sept. 18th, 1864. w.
charged in July, 1865, from the U. s. 49,,
Stree which time has been farming in RE
vile. Always republican,; never cut r'H
from the ticket.
BRYANT, EDMUND c., Pittsfeli. Rennhr..-
is not a church member, but has always WORM
with the Ccngregatonalsts and Free Rsr,f'
dentist, married; age "a. Born in Arson, edpc,
ed in the common schools, Arson Academy ~
the Pennington Normal SCHOOL, received =.
fessional education in Baltimore Dental Cola.
Remained in Arson on a farm till about eirh,s'.
years of age; then wei to Pennington. xbs,~I
remained most of the time till the fall ~ ls.
when he removed to Piitsfeld to engage in \,
practice of dentistry. Has had a constantly y
creasing practice. Is member Of the NJ.
Dental Society, has been its president, and i ~.
Chairman Of its executive committee. S. s s0n
mittee for nine years, and selectman one YES,
Trustee of Name Central Institute. Alvsv,,
republican.
BRADLEY, WILLIAM s., East Vassalboro P.
publican, no decided religious preferences. ;rs'.
ance agent, single; age 3S. Born in Ess, ".
salboro village, in the town of NassalbVro' a,t,nI
ed the common schools, and Vassalboro' Acsdsm,
and Oak Grove Seminary one term each, and wa. .
student at West Lebanon Academy in the va.
1865, and at Milton, n. ii Classical Institute in A.
academic year 1866 1867. lie followed favoTa
teacher, Will am ID. Ever, TO the two lat,s,
places and comp etcd a two wear college prrnsr,.
Tory course at Waterville Classical In. utu,e !,
the summer Of 1869, and entered Colby Univel,,
in the autumn of that year. He renamed Al AL
lege only few weeks, being compelled BY IN
health to abandon the course which he never N.
sNmed. Was town clerk of V sail o,o' dunn,
the year ending March, 1882, ami during the yer
ending March, 1885; and now hold, tha. ohce
Always republican,
BEAL, LEWIS, North Fairfield Republcs,
Christian, farmer, married; age 50. Born |,
Avon and educated i'll the schools Of thai town
and at the high school in Phillips. Lived on N.
farm where he was born until twenty wears old
then went TO Lowell, Mass, and worked in = cot
ton mill two years; went from there to Californ.
being in the Panama riot in 1886. Was IN CaT
fornia four years or more, aud in San Francisco
cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln for Pre-.
ident. Has been in five natonalties and thirteen
of the United States, and has come to the concu
sion that the good old State of Name is bette
State to immigIate to than to emiglate from Hen
we find more old people in the same number of in
habitants than most anywhere else, showing thai
the climate is healthy. We have the best socie,,
and the common people live the best of any place
in the world. Always republican.
BoYNToN, FRANK s., Lexington. Dcmocra,
no religious preferences farmer and umberm.u
single; age 80. Born in Lexington, and attende.
the town schools. Selectm,n ofthe town Of !eI
ingt,n, and assessor of Lexington plantation
Always a democrat.
BISHOP FRANK A., Hermon Il publican
Universalist, merchant and farmer, married. az,
Al. Born in Lagra 1gc, and educate IN the pub
lie schools of Bangor. Always republican.
BARKER, LEWIS A., Bangor. Republican
Unitarian in religious preferences, lawyer N. rried
az 3D Rorn n Stpt.nn Dapohernt Mr.
Barker is the only son of Hon Lewis Barker o
Bangor who has held many important public off
Ces in this State, and who is so well and SO favor
ably known throughout this country as a campsigl
orator. His mother Is Elizabeth, one If th,
daughters of the late Col Francis Hill of Exeter
who was one of the early and successful pioneen
of eastern Maine. During the first sixteen yesn
of his life Mr. Barker resided in Stetson, and u
10 the age of ten attended the public schools o
that town; he afterwards attended the Frankl
Family School, Foycroft Academy, Name Wesley
an Seminary, and Eastern State Normal school
closing his school career al the latter in 1871. Hi
parents having removed to Bangor during tina
year, Mr.. Barker returned home and accepted tn
position of clerk in the Registry Of Deeds 70
Penobscot county, where he remained one year
He then commenced the study of law in hi
fathers office and continued till Feb, 1874, whe
he entered tn" Law Department of Union Uni
versity at Albany, n. Y, from which institution
he graduated with honor and the degree of Bach
clor of Laws, on the 26th day of February, A. D
1875. In March following at the age of twenty
he was commiss oned Justice of the Peace su'
admitted TO the Bar of his native county as al
attorney at law. He at once formed partnership
with his father which continued Ii Dec. LIST, 1875
when Hon. Thomas w. Vose, formerly a senate
from Waldo county, was admitted to the firm, an
the three have since done business under thel
present firm name of Barker, Vose and Barker
and are recognized as one Of the strong and lead
ing law firms in their section of the State. M
Barker has always been staunch and active re
publican aud has been frequently heard upon To
stump. During the campaign Of 1884, he va
very active in his own section Of the State, on
later in the campaign he addressed the voters
Nebraska upon political issues. lie has Deve
held public Office before, but has been widel
known over this State through his connection WI
the various secret societies, particularly the orde
of Knights Of Pythiss. lie was elected Gran
Chancellor of the State of Maine in May lss'
that being the highest Office in the State, and
acceptably did he PEI form his official duties, thu
in May, 1885, the Grsnd Lodge gave him the u y
usual and almost unprecedented compliment Of
reelection. Mr.. Barker was prominent in ID
republican State convention last year, presentIs,
the name of the candidate from the east. u
presided over the county convention OF Penobsco
and on the morning after his nomination as reI
resentative, the republican paper Of his city sa
Of him Lewis A. Barker. Esq, is one Of 90
rising young lawyers, and his large vote in ID
caucus last evening, is strong evidence of his Pot
ularity among our citizens Mr. Barker IS
young man of exceptional ability; a ready d.
batter, possessing sound Judgment, thoroug
knowledge Of the law, and great executive ca
pacity. As a peader, political speaker, and pr
siding officer, Mr.. Barker has wOL reputsto
rarely attained by man ofhis years"
BowKER, JAMES L., Woodstock. Republical
Universalist, wood turner, married; age y
Born in Woodstock, and educated in the didn'
schools, and one term at Harway Liberal Institupp
Enlisted in Captain Joseph H. Freenan's Go. }
18th Me. Vols, March 7ih, 1865. Discharged